24 Jul 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Manila, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- How to enter into a deeper bhajana.
- The two types of sadhaka.
- Sambandha (knowledge of relationship), abhidheya (process) and prayojana (goal).
- daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā (Srimad Bhagavad Gita, 7.14).
- The 2 types of activities of maya towards the living entities.
- If you surrender to Krishna, He will control your mind.
- The Gopala mantra is the king of mantras and helps to control the mind.
- The 5 obstacles to bhajana.
- The main stage of sadhana is sadhu-sanga.
- Cultivate good associations and despise bad associations.
- Sadhu-sanga mahima: the glories of association with the sadhu.
- Story of Yamaraja and the sadhu who wanted to go to naraka (hell).
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu distributes the highest prema of Goloka Vrndavana to the most fallen souls.
- Sri Krishna gave prema only to His associates within Vrndavana.
- Song: Jadi Gauranga Nahito, by Srila Narahari Sarakara.
- Lord Ramacandra gave vaikuntha-prema when He came into this world.
- Our ultimate goal is to attain manjari-bhava.
- The 6 stages of anisthita-bhajana-kriya.
- The story of the sadhaka who left his guru and the temple to read the Bhagavad Gita alone.
